MiFID II

ESMA advises European Commission about key areas to consider when changing alternative investment rules

The EU's Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) is up for review and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has now issued an open letter about the key areas that may need some attention.

Bank of Ireland fined €1.66m for cyber breach and failure to notify the central...

The Bank of Ireland has been fined €1.66m ($1.95m) by the Central Bank of Ireland for misleading the institution about a security breach back in 2014.

ESMA updates it Q&A on transparency issues under MiFID II and MiFIR

The EU’s securities markets regulator has updated today its questions and answers regarding transparency issues under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and Regulation (MiFIR).

What can RegTech companies learn from how regulators have acted during the Covid-19 crisis?

Regulators around the world have issued emergency measures to safeguard the economy from the coronavirus fallout. But what can RegTechs learn from it?

MirrorWeb picked for the prestigious Microsoft ScaleUp programme

UK RegTech MirrorWeb has beaten the odds by being among the fewer than 2% of applicants to have been selected for the Microsoft ScaleUp programme.

The EU’s securities markets regulator updates its guidelines on MiFID II

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has offered some clarification on the Market in Financial Instruments Directive and Regulation (MiFID II).

ESMA urges companies to reveal how they have been affected by the coronavirus

The EU's Securities Markets regulator has called upon listed issuers to clearly outline in their half-yearly financial reports what implications COVID-19 has had on their businesses.

Several European regulators remove emergency bans on short-selling and similar restrictions

COVID-19 has forced a lot of regulators to take special measures to stabilise the market, but some are now removing those restrictions.

Tink integrates with Nordea’s Nordic app to deliver personalised financial overviews for customers

Open banking startup Tink has integrated its software into Nordea’s mobile banking app to deliver a personalised financial overview for the bank’s customers in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark.

Theta Lake offers three-months free compliance coverage for Cisco and Webex users

The coronavirus has put extra pressure on businesses to ensure they remain compliant in these trying times. That's why Theta Lake is trying to help.

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FinTech funding tops $2.8bn as Ramp leads with $1.85bn raise

FinTech funding tops $2.8bn as Ramp leads with $1.85bn raise

More than $2.8bn was raised across FinTech funding rounds this week, compared to $1.33bn last week, with 17 deals across artificial intelligence, payments, insurance,...
EXANTE’s Codey hits 75% success, but humans keep control

EXANTE’s Codey hits 75% success, but humans keep control

Investment firm EXANTE has spent six months embedding an autonomous AI developer into its engineering teams. Its experience suggests that the real barrier to...
CUBE: AI provenance and second-layer risk reshape compliance

CUBE: AI provenance and second-layer risk reshape compliance

Compliance and risk teams can no longer rely on simply knowing that a rule exists. According to the latest edition of The CUBE Read...
Compliance sprawl: firms juggle nearly 14 systems, MCO finds

Compliance sprawl: firms juggle nearly 14 systems, MCO finds

Financial services firms are pouring more money into compliance, yet new research from MCO (MyComplianceOffice) suggests that much of this investment is being absorbed...
MSCI unveils SignalLab to unify investment signals

MSCI unveils SignalLab to unify investment signals

MSCI has rolled out SignalLab, a new platform that combines governed, research-based signals from several investment domains with the tools investment teams need to...

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